Performance is part of it too. Allowing dispatch on arity leads to faster code.
Many of the functions that operate on sequences are lazy so dispatch on arity doesn't apply. On Nov 15, 11:52 am, Chris <christopher.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you have a function that needs to treat multiple arguments as a > group, what forces drive you to represent this as a single sequence > argument vs. an "&" argument? To give a concrete example, why does > "+" work like > > (+ 1 2 3 4) > > instead of > > (+ [1 2 3 4]) > > Is it performance? Aesthetics? Composability concerns? Not having > to call "apply" all the time? > > Thanks, > Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
